Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-04-30
KANSAS STATE NEWS.
A woman was elected mayor of Arqoni

A woman was elected mayor Of ArgOnia.
Wellington expects to get the Southern
Kansas q Santa Fa machine shops, which
will employ from 800 to 1900 men.
A syndicate composed entirely Of Garden
City men has been formed for the purpose
Of prospecting for gas coal. oil or gold.
Hslslesd Independent: Joseph Davis,
whose severe injury by being thrown from
the wagon, we noted last week has died at the
Commercial Hotel in this city, He vas only
conscious a portion Of the time after the
accident.
Peabody Gruptte: Mr.. Henry Wineberger
living near Peabody, met with a disastrous
loss by fire. His barn, stable, tool house
and other buildings were consumed, as well
as two horses, and COW and calf. There
was no insurance on the building.
Mr.. icon Downing, who lives near St.
Marys, lost his barn, gEanaFy, shed and COR
raj by trS. Mr.. Downing at the time was
ing after his cattle, and had 1t not been for
the efforts of his wife and little boy the horses
would have met the same fate. About 225
bushels of oats, 800 bushels of corn and a
large variety o. small farming tools were
destroyed.
Council Grove Republican: Last week
Mr.. Ray Boyle was IN town exhibiting 3
sample of red Ochrs found on his place on
| Nun kres' creek. he says Their is an
IneLhGustible mine of this Vauabis painting
llbL5E4d4 Oh VIII ILlG
/ Mr.. John Mallory Of this city, he proposes
/ to develop. The latter gentleman has
acquired a one fourth interest in the mine.
! Properly developed this mine may prove a
/ Vsritabls bonanza.
Edwin Grouse, of White Mound tOWnsI ip,
met with an accident q short time ago that
came near bringing his earthly career to an
abrupt termination. He was digging q well
! and had reached the depth Of forty feet. A
/ bucket or dirt had been drawn almost to the
| top when the hook broke. Grouse Wgs on
/ his knees on the bottom and seeing the
/ bucket falling raised his pick, which, as one
| end rested on the ground, turned the bucket
aside and saved his life.
Anthony Republican: The last of the
| miners who lost their lives by choke damp
at the Savannah, Indian territory, mine
] disaster, were taken from the mine Sunday
morning and buried under the auspices Of
/ the /. y. y. F., Knights of Labor and
/ Knights Pythias. About 500 miners attended
l the funeral from McAIlisteF. Four bodies,
/ victims OF the explosion, were recovered,
| but are torn beyond recognition. The other
/ ten supposed to have been in the slope at the
/ time OF the explosion were blown to atoms.
John Bell, near Philhpsburg, who has a
brick yard, attempted to burn the handle
out Of Ratchet. He says he stuck the
Ratchet in the bare ground in HE brick yard
clear away from grass and built a little hre
I over 1t. While working with It, a small
/ Whirl wind came along and Whirled the IRE
in minute, and away went the flames TO
the eastward. 1t did more or less damage
for miles. Among others damaged Is Mr..
BcFrah who lives ten miles east Of this
place. He has commenced suit against Mr.,
Bell, claiming 800 damage.
The Lyon Republican: Says thatthe prairie
ERE which swept through the valleys of the
Solomon eliminated in what proves to bs
the most disastrous prairie fire that has eveI
visited northwestern Kansas. Many report!
are current as to the origin OF the fire
some OF them very vii j. but as yet We have
no reliable information on this point. 1t II
known, however, that a terrible ire rageS
in Graham county and that Il required the IN
Many farming implements were destroyed
and vast quantity Of grain and hay burned
1t is thought that this was the hre that sWep
through Norton county.
E. Z. Pattie stepped into the elevator o
the Biting building, wichita accompanied
by q lady. The car was we'll filed. Afte
| the elevator started down, Mr.. Pattie dis
! covered that he had forgotten his umbrella
and when the elevator was about two o.
three feet below the level Of the floor, with
out saying a word to the elevator boy, h
quickly opened the door and attempted Il
jump out on the floor. He was caught be
tween the elevator and the floor, an,
doubled up, his elbow smashing ont one o
the car panels, one leg being on the foo
and the other caught between the floor ant
the elevator. The boy in charge of the eie
VatOr, with the assistance of a gentleman II
the car, stopped it, and Mr.. Pattie was takel
from his perilOus position to q surgeon, anl
taken to his home. Mr.. PGttie was severely
injured about the back and fears are enter
tanned that he may not recover.